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HEALTH CENTER IS OPEN
IN PATERSON.
REPORTER:
PATERSON IS HOME TO
SOME URGENT CARE CENTERS IN THE
COMMUNITY THAT THE CITY HAS
GROWN TREMENDOUSLY IN THE LAST
DOUBLE OF YEARS WITH NEW
DISTRIBUTION CENTERS OPENING UP
AND NEW BUSINESSES.
PATIENCE SOMETIMES HAVE TO WAIT
UP TO A MONTH OR DRIVE UP TO 45
MINUTES TO MODESTO JUST TO SEE A
DOCTOR.
THIS NEW HEALTH CARE CENTER IS
DESIGNED TO CHANGE ALL OF THAT.
THE FACILITY SITS IN A
SHOPPING
CENTER NEAR I-5 AND HAS SEVEN
PATIENT ROOMS, AN AREA FOR
SUBSTANCE ABUSE APPOINTMENTS,
AND SERVICES TO HELP PEOPLE WITH
MEDI-CAL.
THE CENTER ALSO EMPLOYS HEALTH
COACHES TO MAKE SURE PATIENTS
ARE EMPOWERED AND EDUCATED ON
ISSUES THAT EFFECT THEIR HEALTH.
>> AND ISSUES OF DIABETES AND
ASTHMA, WE HAD A SPECIALIZATION
IN THAT AND THEY WORK WITH THAT
WITH PATIENTS AND THEY MAKE SURE
THAT PATIENT HAS ACCESS TO THE
RESOURCES NECESSARY SO THEY HAVE
HEALTHIER LIVES.
REPORTER: THE NEW CENTER IS PART
OF
LIVINGSTON COMMUNITY HEALTH,
WHICH OPERATES SIX CENTERS IN
MERCED AND STANISLAUS COUNTIES
INCLUDING IN RURAL COMMUNITIES
LIKE LIVINGSTON, HILMAR AND
WATERFORD.
IT'S SCHEDULED TO OPEN ANOTHER
CENTER IN DELHI EARLY NEXT YEAR.
THEY STARTED TAKING A SMALL
NUMBER OF PATIENTS A MONTH AGO